Shirt



June 27, 1939. R, o. KENNEDY ET Al.

SHIRT Filed Nov. 5o. 1937 erco :115'

Patented June 27, 1939 UNITED STATES SHIRT Richard 0. Kennedy, Troy, and Russell A. Ziegler, Douglaston, Long Island, N. Y., assignors to Cluett, Peabody & Co.

poration of New York Inc., Troy, N. Y., a cor- Application November 30, 1937, Serial No. 177,220

1 Claim.

This invention relates to mens shirts of the so-called coat type which open down the front with inner and outer overlapping portions secured together, usually by buttons on the outer side of the inner portions and corresponding buttonholes in the outer portion.

When wearing a shirt of this type the overlapping portions tend to bunch upwardly and gape apart between the buttons, due to changes in the position and posture of the wearer. Objects of the present invention are to restrain this tendency and to keep the aforesaid overlapping portions substantially in contact with each other, from the waist line to the neck, throughout F changes in position and posture.

According to this invention a loop is attached to the iront of the shirt near the waist line with means to attach the loop to a nether garment such as shorts or trousers, as by engaging the loop over a button on the nether garment. The loop is preferably attached to the inner face of the outer overlapping portion with a hole, such as a buttonhole, in either the inner or outer overlapping portion or both, for attachment of the loop to the nether garment. The loop may be attached to shorts or drawers by insertion through the inner hole and to trousers by insertion through the outer hole. Thus the loop need never be inserted through more than one hole and when inserted through the outer hole only the lower end of the loop is visible outside the shirt.

In another aspect the loop is made elastic, as by forming it of Lastex for example, so that the overlapping portions of the shirt are held in unwrinkled contact in substantially all positions of the wearer without noticeable tug on either shirt or nether garment.

In still another aspect the loop is formed with at ends to facilitate stitching the ends to the shirt and the central portion of the loop, which extends through one of the aforesaid openings, is curved in cross-section or otherwise cord-like in contour. This not only presents a better appearance when the loop is inserted through the outer overlapping portion but it facilitates insertion through either opening.

Other characteristics of the invention will be evident from the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a front view of a shirt unbuttoned and slightly opened;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the loop detached from the shirt;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration comprises the usual inner and outer overlapping front portions I and 2 with buttons 3 on the inner portion and buttonholes 4 in the outer portion to receive the buttons 3, the aforesaid loop, and additional buttonholes 5 and 6 to receive the lower end or central portion oi the loop. As shown, in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 the ends 'l of the loop are iiat and the central portion 8 is circular in cross-section, the entire loop comprising a single piece of Lastex. The flat ends are secured to the inner face of the outer overlapping portion 2 above the level of the holes 5 and 6 by stitching 9 so that the cord-like central portion may be inserted inwardly through the opening 5 for attachment to shorts or outwardly through opening 6 for attachment to trousers, for example over the button usually provided on the inside of trousers at the top. The openings 5 and 6 are located at or near the Waist line, preferably so that they are covered by the top of the trousers.

When attaching the loop to the top button of shorts the loop may be inserted through the opening 5 and engaged over the button either before or after the shirt is buttoned down the front but ii the shirt has buttons below the opening 5 they are preferably buttoned after the loop has been attached. When the loop is to be attached to the trousers the central portion of the loop is preferably inserted through the opening 6 before the shirt is buttoned down the front so that it is accessible for ready attachment after the trousers are buttoned.

From the foregoing it will be evident that the elastic pull of the loop directly on the outer overlapping portion 2 will keep the latter from bunching up in various positions oi' the wearer, thereby presenting a neat appearance at all times. The location of the loop between the inner and outer overlapping portions oi the shirt also facilitates attachment oi the loop because it need never be inserted through more than one buttonhole and it is readily accessible ior insertion either before or after the overlapping portions have been buttoned together. It will also be evident that the construction of the loop facilitates the insertion of the central portion through the holes and its attachment to the nether garments, while affording a smooth and durable connection of the ends of the loop to the shirt.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claim.

We claim:

A shirt having inner and outer overlapping front portions, the inner portion being provided with an opening near the Waist line, a loop attached to the shirt above said opening, said. loop being long enough to extend through said opening and thence engage over a fastener on a nether garment, said loop being elastic and being attached to said outer overlapping portion yieldinglT to pull downwardly on the outer portion thereby to restrain the outer portion from bunching upwardly in various positions of the wearer.

RICHARD O. KENNEDY.

RUSSELL A. ZIEGLER. 

